It’s a sad and familiar voice that we often hear in big cities: “Can you spare some change?”

Usually, when faced with that particular , I have feelings of guilt if I pass by giving a coin or two.

I had that feeling in Venice while on a tour of Italy’s famous sites in 2006. I had taken refuge from the in a quiet café. Outside, there was an old woman kneeling on the hard, ancient paving stones, .

Steady of tourists were walking past her. A young backpacker stood away from the crowd, drinking in the vistas（景觀、景色）, but I noticed the young traveler was also the old woman.

A tourist group walked along the street, the woman and walked on. group of tourists arrived and walked past the old lady. The backpacker watched everybody else went on their way, focused on the around them. Then, I was preparing to leave when I caught sight of the backpacker stepping forward and some money in the woman’s cup. He did this somewhat just before the arrival of another tourist group. As I , the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. Having been shown the way, other tourists followed suit and some more coins to the cup.

His work done, the young man walked over to the old beggar-woman, patted her on the shoulder and said, “I hope that a little.”

I don’t know if the woman understood his English or what had just happened, but I did.

I placed some money in the woman’s cup and continued my travels, after witnessing such a act of kindness.

1.A. soundB. questionC. excuseD. command

2.A. beyondB. afterC. withoutD. before

3.A. many timesB. some times C. only onceD. once again

4.A. crowdsB. familiesC. streetsD. signs

5.A. singingB. cryingC. beggingD. trembling

6.A. streamsB. packsC. massesD. groups

7.A. simplyB. seeminglyC. similarlyD. specially

8.A. showingB. followingC. checkingD. observing

9.A. glanced atB. laughed atC. rushed atD. stared at

10.A. OneB. MoreC. AnotherD. Other

11.A. ifB. sinceC. becauseD. as

12.A. stonesB. sightsC. signsD. tourists

13.A. lendingB. borrowingC. placingD. taking

14.A. accidentallyB. successfullyC. purposefullyD. cheerfully

15.A. watchedB. shownC. understoodD. walked

16.A. changedB. chargedC. foundD. added

17.A. measuresB. helpsC. explainsD. matters

18.A. recognizedB. caughtC. realizedD. figured

19.A. pleasantB. annoyedC. disappointedD. light-hearted

20.A. beautifulB. smartC. pureD. happy

 

1.B

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7.B

8.D

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10.C

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.B

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試題分析：作者經(jīng)常為自己沒(méi)有能夠幫助一些乞討的人感到內(nèi)疚，在威尼斯的一次經(jīng)歷讓他再次有了這種感覺(jué)，但是他也目睹了一個(gè)年輕的背包客的智慧的善舉。

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